Amidst the pandemic of the coronavirus New York city has decided to stop running the subway 24 hours a day. In order to prevent homeless people from boarding the train and causing infection to keep on rising. If they stop the trains they will also be able to disinfect them properly. New York's governor Andrew Cuomo said that this new rule will come into effect on Thursday. All stations will be closed from 1-5 a.m. during this past century the subway trains have been closed from strikes, storms and blackouts but this is the first time that the system has ceased to be run in 24 hours. Subway ridership has fallen more than 90% which adds up to less than 500,000 weekday riders. There will be other alternatives for these riders that are still using the subway.
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